Despite its rambounous members, the Fairy Tail Guild was surprisingly quiet this morning. The bar was still full of customers, the customers just happened to be under control. The chairs weren't being thrown into windows, no mugs were bashed upon anyone's heads, not every a curse word thrown out. All of which proved that Natsu wasn't here today.
Natsu was currently out on job which his fellow teammates Erza, Gray (which meant Juvia had to be included) and Wendy. However, the team missing its usual member, Lucy. The young lady was forced to stay behind on the order of Guild master Makarov. A week prior, the celestial spirit Aquarius aided in apprehending a gang of jewels. She managed to flood the thieves, along with two blocks of businesses. As the owner of Aquarius's spirit key, Lucy was held responsible and resisted from accepting Fairy Tail requests a next week.
Without her friends to keep her company, Lucy decided to simply loiter by the bar. Maybe once Mirajane finished her shift, the two could hang out around town. Anything to take Lucy's mind off of her current predicament.
"Hey Lucy! Whatcha doing here by yourself?"
Lucy turned to the voice and instantly smiled. Her longtime friend Levy came running up to here. Despite being so friendly with each other, the two rarely spent time together. Lucy patted the stool next to her to instruct Levy to sit down.
"Oh nothing", Lucy reiterated. "The master forbad me from going out for missions, so I've got nothing to do. I just came to sit, hopefully take my mind of things."
Levy frowned at her friend's dower mood. The girl had more hardship in the past year than most people in a lifetime.
"What's wrong Lucy? You and Natsu see each other all the time. A little time apart isn't so bad."
"It's not that, it's my stupid rent! Without any jobs, I'll be seriously tapped this month! And my land lady's so mean, she won't are about the master's punishment."
Levy widened her eyes at Lucy's tale of woe. 'She's in need of money? Should I ask her to… no, she wouldn't go for it. Unless…'
"You could also sale some of your expensive clothes to make rent."
Lucy shrieked out' "No way! Not my clothes! Anything but that! My wardrobe took forever to build. I'll do anything before that!"
Levy tried to remain neutral but couldn't hold in her excitement. "Do you really mean that?"
"Do I really mean what?"
"Do you really mean you'll do anything to make your rent? Because you see, I might have an idea."
Lucy grabbed hold of Levy's hand and peered into her eyes. "Oh Levy, please help me! Whatever it is, I'll do it! No matter what!"
Levy smiled brightly at Lucy's answer. Not her typically smile, but the smile Gajeel gives before he enters a fight.
"I'm glad to her that, Lucy! You see, I've recently been meeting with a research group on the weekends. The group is developing a new brand of armor specifically for females. They've been doing all the research on body parts as they can, but they've gone as far as they can. They need a female body to acquire data on."
"Really? Why didn't they ask Erza? She already helps out Heat Kreuz with their armors."
"They considered it, but Erza doesn't have the right", Levy paused to look over Lucy's body, "requirements that you do?"
"Re-Really?" Lucy stammered. She wasn't used to being complimented over the mighty Erza. "Well in that case, I'll be happy to help."
"Oh Thank You Lucy!" Levy leapt up and hugged Lucy. "If it's ok with you, I'd like to start right away."
"Um, sure I guess. Lead the way."
Levy led Lucy out the double doors and down the streets if Fiore. They walked three blocks across until they reached a one story, brick building. The building was clearly out of use, the doors worn down and the walls discolored from age.
"Um, is this the place Levy? Looks kinda run down."
"Trust me, it looks better on the inside."
Levy took Lucy's held, with noticeably more force than Lucy imagined, and led the blonde into the building. The inside was a true contrast to the outside. The walls shined with a metal crown, lined to the brim with beeping machines. To the end was single room with a long mirror built in.
"Alright Lucy. Let's begin."
"Begin? Where's everybody else?"
"Oh, they're busy today. I'm send them the research after we're done and make sure they pay you."
"…ok then." Lucy couldn't shake her nervousness, but quickly calmed down. She trusted Levy more than anybody else. She would make Lucy was safe from harm.
Lucy pushed through the door and entered the room. The room looked barren expect for a room length conveyor belt and an intercom.
Said intercom buzzed with Levy's voice. "Ok Lucy. Just walk over to the other end of the conveyor belt and we can get started."
"OK then." Lucy stepped over to the end and waited. "Now what?"
Levy's eyes tinted as we answered "Now we can start." Levy reached her arm over and pressed a red button on her console.
Lucy heard a light whirring sound above her head. As she raised her head to inspect the sound, when the ceiling tiles retracted in, leaving blank spaces. The whirring stirred louder as mechanical arms poured out of the holes. The arms ended in white gloves, which were holding lengths of gray rope.
"What the hell?" was all Lucy got out before the arms descended upon her. They entangled Lucy and spur her around the room. After a few seconds of Lucy's confused screaming, the arms dropped Lucy back down on the conveyor belt. The difference now was that Lucy was bent over the belt, her arms tied behind her back and her legs tied together, the effect causing her rear end to jut out.
"Wh-What? What's going on? Levy, what the hell is going on?!"
Levy calmly filled through a clip board when she answered. "It's the research, Lucy. We need to test the resilience of the female body. Today, we're going to test the glutinous Maximus."
"Huh?"
Levy sighed. "Your ass, Lucy. We're going to test your ass."
Lucy's pupils shrank back. "Test my ass? What does that mean?"
"I think it'll be easier to just show you. I think you'll get the gist of it." Levy reached back over to the console and pushed the red button once again.
Three more tiles slid back and three more arms dropped down from the ceiling. Instead of rope, the arms held two wooden paddles, a leather boot, and a miniature cactus.
Lucy blinked at the items in confusion. 'What is gonna do with those things? She said something about testing my ass, but then she pulled out these weird things. What's she gonna do, hit me with…' Realization hit Lucy like a ten ton rock.
Lucy shouted at the window, "LEVY! Don't you dare hit me with these things! You let me up right now! I'm out, you hear me! I'm out!
Levy simply shook her head sideways. "No no, Lucy. You agreed to do anything, you begged me for my help. You gave your word to participate in this research. Do you plan to go against your word, Lucy?"
Lucy's rage induced rant was halted. Her damn Fairy Tail pride was on the line now. She did give her word, her stupid word. She never went back on her agreements before, and she didn't want to start now.
Lucy sighed in defeat and stared up at the window. "Is… Is it going to hurt?"
"Well, of course, Lucy. The test needs to be strenuous so it can lead good results. But don't worry, I know you can take it. You're one of the strongest mages I know. I wouldn't do this to you if you weren't tough enough to handle this."
Lucy looked Levy right in her eyes. She could tell that despite the circumstance, Levy meant what she said. This last bout of confidence helped calm Lucy's mind.
"Alright. Let's get it over with."
Levy beamed down. "I knew you could do. Let's get to it!" Levy pushed the red button one final time.
The conveyor belt kicked into life. The belt traveled down to the arms carrying the two paddles and then came to a halt. Lucy was forced to wait a few tense seconds before the arms began to rotate in a counter clockwise circle. The paddles spun as they eased closer to Lucy's plump rump.
*WHAP!* the first paddle struck her rear with a loud crack.
Lucy eeeped at the sting to her rump. She only had two seconds recall the pain before the second paddle spun around.
*WHAP!*
Lucy hissed out as she lifted her head up. She tried to bounce away, but she was truly stuck. She was forced to lay down and bare the assault.
*WHAP!*
*WHAP!*
*WHAP!*
*WHAP!*
"OW!OW! OW! OWW!" Lucy wished she could have a longer break in between each spank. The hits just built in succession as they rained down on the girl.
*WHAP!*
*WHAP!*
*WHAP!*
*WHAP!*
"OUCH! Dammit! OW!" She thanked god she decided to wear pants today.
*WHAP!* *WHAP!* *WHAP!* *WHAP!*
"OW! LEVY! OW! Levy!"
After the last four hits, the machine ran down.
Levy's voice rang out. "Alright Lucy. We finished the slow round. Now we'll begin the fast round."
"FAST ROUND! WAIT"
Lucy was too late to halt Levy; the arms sprung back to life. Now they spun through the air in rapid blur. The circle crawled back to Lucy's battered butt.
*WHAP!* *WHAP!* *WHAP!* *WHAP!*
"AAAAAAAAH!" Lucy could only roar out in pain. There were no breaks between hits, just a blur of spanks.
*WHAP!* *WHAP!* *WHAP!* *WHAP!*
Levy took notice of the spanking. Lucy stopped screaming and just shut eyes and took the assault. Levy didn't notice any tears flowing down Lucy's cheeks. Levy registered down how Lucy took the pain in silence.
*WHAP!* *WHAP!* *WHAP!* *WHAP!*
Lucy's body bucked forward on each hit. Her ass was burning, worse than the time Natsu accidently burnt her rear. She actually felt the paddle shaped mark she knew was forming on her backside.
*WHAP!* *WHAP!* *WHAP!* *WHAP!*
"Alright Lucy, were finished with this round. I'm shutting the paddles down."
*WHAP!* *WHAP!*
*WHAP!*
*WHAP!*
The paddles gave Lucy a few more licks before they died down. Lucy collapsed her head down on the belt. The spanking was over, but her butt was still aching. With each heartbeat, her butt throbbed. She wasn't looking forward to seeing how blood red she knew it was. She shut her eyes and tried to collect herself, but Levy interpreted her.
"Sorry, Lucy. You can't rest for too long. We've got two more tests to run."
